What first world problem did you have today?

[highland145]

Magnet cats are high maintenance

Can't you just rub their fur and get it all staticy?

 

[BoomerD]

It won't be anal, will it? They ain't getting anal.

I've got guns. :colbert;

Sure...you said that last time...and the time before...and the time before that.

 

[highland145]

Sure...you said that last time...and the time before...and the time before that.

Dementia must be a bitch.

 

[BoomerD]

Dementia must be a bitch.

Maybe...fortunately, it comes with CRAFT disease...


(Can't Remember A Fucking Thing)

So...life is good!

 

[BoomerD]

However...previous owners of this house had a pea graveled area in the back yard where they had a small fire pit. I want to build a patio deck there, so yesterday, I started digging out the pea gravel. Wasn't bad...until I found some small "tree" stumps. (3-4" diameter) Nothing terrible, I thought...just dig around them, yard them out with a come-along...
Put a couple of tons of pull on one...didn't even budge. Dug a bit deeper...these fucking things are all connected to a "root" that's the size of a small elephant. My only "chainsaw" is a cheapo Dewalt 20v that I bought to cut up driftwood logs. I don't think it's up to the task...so, when I'm in "the big city" later, I'm gonna have to pick up a few longer blades for my Sawz-all. I don't have to remove them completely, just enough so I can build over them. Part of it is where I need to sink a timber so I can level it up a bit before I build.
Ah well...life in the wilderness...it's all good.

 

[sdifox]

However...previous owners of this house had a pea graveled area in the back yard where they had a small fire pit. I want to build a patio deck there, so yesterday, I started digging out the pea gravel. Wasn't bad...until I found some small "tree" stumps. (3-4" diameter) Nothing terrible, I thought...just dig around them, yard them out with a come-along...
Put a couple of tons of pull on one...didn't even budge. Dug a bit deeper...these fucking things are all connected to a "root" that's the size of a small elephant. My only "chainsaw" is a cheapo Dewalt 20v that I bought to cut up driftwood logs. I don't think it's up to the task...so, when I'm in "the big city" later, I'm gonna have to pick up a few longer blades for my Sawz-all. I don't have to remove them completely, just enough so I can build over them. Part of it is where I need to sink a timber so I can level it up a bit before I build.
Ah well...life in the wilderness...it's all good.

Dynamite!

 

[BoomerD]

Dynamite!

Hmmm....it IS the 4th of July holiday "weekend"

Y'know...I'm in an area that has lots of Indian reservations and fireworks stands that sell GOOD fireworks...I wonder if they could get me 1/4 or 1/2 stick...

 

[clamum]

I suppose I have a two-fer today.

First: I'm annoyed at the idiots who keep bringing shit to put in the fridge at work but never touching it thereafter. The goddamn thing is full and I have to go to the other side of the floor to use their fridge to keep my food. People will bring like large quantities of foods XYZ, which I get because they don't want to bring individual portions daily, but the shit will just sit there. Argh it's so frustrating.

Second: It's my turn for weekend on-call for work this weekend, but it also coincides with the 4th holiday so I'll have on-call on Thursday, then Friday evening through Sunday night. And our system hasn't been very stable lately (who knows why). Ugh I have a feeling it'll be a pain in the ass. I need to find a job I don't hate.

 

[BoomerD]

I suppose I have a two-fer today.

First: I'm annoyed at the idiots who keep bringing shit to put in the fridge at work but never touching it thereafter. The goddamn thing is full and I have to go to the other side of the floor to use their fridge to keep my food. People will bring like large quantities of foods XYZ, which I get because they don't want to bring individual portions daily, but the shit will just sit there. Argh it's so frustrating.

Second: It's my turn for weekend on-call for work this weekend, but it also coincides with the 4th holiday so I'll have on-call on Thursday, then Friday evening through Sunday night. And our system hasn't been very stable lately (who knows why). Ugh I have a feeling it'll be a pain in the ass. I need to find a job I don't hate.

Life is WAY too short to work a job you hate.

 

[lxskllr]

Guy at the liquor store beat me out of $1 today. Bought some beer and gin, and it came to $53 and change. I gave him $60 and change, and he gave me $6 back. My brain was fried from the heat, and I didn't notice til I was almost at my truck. Didn't feel like going back in. I'll just chalk it up to a 'stupid tax'. If I'm too stupid to do simple math, I deserve losing $1.

 

[highland145]

The slew of jalapenos I added to my pizza have very little fire. Checked the brand so didn't but them again...."tamed" jalapenos...wut? Who, intentionally, buys tamed peppers?

pussification of America...

 

[Ajay]

GOOD fireworks...I wonder if they could get me 1/4 or 1/2 stick...

1/4 sticks are for pussies

 

[highland145]

1/4 sticks are for pussies

Well, I gave your Mom 13/4. What do you say about that?

 

[BoomerD]

The slew of jalapenos I added to my pizza have very little fire. Checked the brand so didn't but them again...."tamed" jalapenos...wut? Who, intentionally, buys tamed peppers?

I accidentally bought a "mild" jalapeno plant a few years ago nice flavor, zero heat. Ended up giving most of them away. If I'm eating hot, by damn, I want HOT...melt your face, set your hair on fire hot..

pussification of America...

1/4 sticks are for pussies

Meh...1/4 stick would do the job nicely. As much as I LOVE blowing shit up, this is my back yard...less than 50 feet from the house. I do NOT want to fuck up the house...besides, an6 left over could be used as DuPont spinners...

So...I've spent almost 3 hours this afternoon, cutting with my Sawz-All, pulling with my come-along...got most of the big piece out...still some roots as big as my wrist to get later. Hav3 a.couple of (hopefully) smaller ones to get still...I might post a couple of pics when I get done...or not.

 

[highland145]

Meh...1/4 stick would do the job nicely. As much as I LOVE blowing shit up, this is my back yard...less than 50 feet from the house. I do NOT want to fuck up the house...besides, an6 left over could be used as DuPont spinners...

So...I've spent almost 3 hours this afternoon, cutting with my Sawz-All, pulling with my come-along...got most of the big piece out...still some roots as big as my wrist to get later. Hav3 a.couple of (hopefully) smaller ones to get still...I might post a couple of pics when I get done...or not.

The bolded is what we want to see...

 

[BoomerD]

The bolded is what we want to see...

Rofl...I've seen that vid before. Stupids...you can't sit right over it...




Errr...so I've heard...

 

[highland145]

Rofl...I've seen that vid before. Stupids...you can't sit right over it...

tannerite works well too.

 

[ctbaars]

Can't find a solderer, assembler employee

 

[BoomerD]

Ok...not great pics...

This is the first one...kicked my elderly ass...but I got it...finally.

That shit is all connected by a "root" that's 4-6" diameter...made quite a pile once I got it out.

The timber behind the pile of crap is a "beach find." 6x12x10' long, creosoted and pressure treated. I have to pressure wash it to get all the remaining sea life (small shells and shit) off before I sink it in the ground, but it's perfect for what I need.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I removed a whole whack of stumps like that when I got rid of a line of cedar hedges. Was quite the job. If I was to do it again I'd rent a mini digger haha.

 

[Ajay]

Hmm, meant to post this yesterday. Anyway, let the vent begin:

FedEx was supposed to deliver my new Dell U2719D yesterday (no double D avail ;-) . Said I wasn’t home, but I was. Called customer service and asked them to hold it at the local depot - they couldn’t because Dell requires an ASR Okay, they would deliver it today, fine. Today at 2:15 pm I get a text saying it couldn’t be delivered because I wasn’t home at 2pm. I was in my chair on the first floor, 8ft from the doorbell. WTF !!! Called customer service again. They driver would swing back around and drop it off - grr, okay. A different customer service rep calls me back verifies my address a says the driver would drop it off unless he couldn’t, wtf, so 'maybe' (and, apparently I’m a dumbass who’s lying about being home). They ask for authorization to leave the package at the door (rep says there is no ASR - wtf again!). I express my annoyance in no uncertain terms. Can I pick it up at the depot tonight - yes., okay FINE I’ll just pick it up later . 30 minutes later the driver is banging on the door (apparently, doorbells are for pussies). My package info was incorrect so he was going to the wrong address - shows me a half torn off sticker covering the address portion of the label - he didn’t know he was delivering the package to the wrong address and didn’t double check it because of the aforementioned sticker. I suppose Fedex is fine if you’re a business. I’m just sick of crap like this. UPS is better, at least where I live.

 

[highland145]

FedEx delivered a pc for my office....I never got it. Dell 2 day ships a new one. A week later FedEx finds the 1st one and delivered it. UPS has done similar...couldn't find my office. The same one they have been finding for 14 years.

 

[highland145]

Propane ran out on the grill. I had to, actually, walk 40' to the shop to get my spare.

Shit like, amirite?

 

[BoomerD]

Propane ran out on the grill. I had to, actually, walk 40' to the shop to get my spare.

Shit like, amirite?

The horror!

 

[highland145]

The horror!

I was horror-ed....but chicken is now done.

I might be dead from the salmonella though.

Sng my praises, boomer, sing them.